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Deuterostomia Phyla

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are deuterostome phyla except

a)

Echinodermata

b)

Chordata

c)

Hemichordata

d)

Nematoda

2.

What is a cartilaginous, skeletal rod, supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals?

a)

notochord

b)

vertebral column

c)

nerve chord

d)

exoskeleton

3.

Animals that have a backbone (vertebral column) are known as:

a)

Arthropods

b)

Vertebrates

c)

Invertebrates

d)

Mammals

4.

Sand Dollars and Sea Urchins have all of the following except

a)

Pores that form a flower pattern in their skeleton

b)

a flattened endoskeleton

c)

sharp spines they use to burrow in the sand

d)

tentacles

5.

What are the jaw-like pinchers used to clean the surface, defend against larger organisms or for grasping prey?

a)

Pedicellariae

b)

Mechanoreceptor cells

c)

Ossicles

d)

Eye spots

6.

On average, echinoderms have a life span lasting

a)

4 years

b)

20 years

c)

30 years

d)

50 years

7.

What is the unique masticatory apparatus inside the mouth of most echinoderms?

a)

Pedicellaria

b)

Aristotle's lantern

c)

Teeth

d)

Podia

8.

What is the dorsal region of a starfish that does NOT contain the mouth?

a)

Oral

b)

Aboral

c)

Tube feet

d)

Madreporite

9.

What do sea urchins use to defend against predators?

a)

stinging tentacles

b)

big teeth

c)

sharp tentacles

d)

they have nothing

10.

What class does this organism belong to?

a)

Asteroidea

b)

Crinoidea

c)

Echinoidia

d)

Ophiuroida

11.

What class does this organism belong to?

a)

Asteroidea

b)

Echinoidea

c)

Crinoidea

d)

Ophiuroidea

12.

What does Echinodermata mean in Greek?

a)

Hard shell

b)

spiny skin

c)

soft shell

d)

smooth skin

13.

The image depicts the development of what type of organism?

a)

Protostome

b)

Deuterostome

14.

According to the cladogram, mammals evolved during what period?

a)

Permian

b)

Jurassic

c)

Carbinoferous

d)

Quaternary

15.

Where are echinoderms found?

a)

freshwater habitats

b)

brackish water habitats

c)

ocean habitats

d)

all aquatic habitats

16.

How do starfish move as adults?

a)

move on the sea floor on "tube feet"

b)

are free-swimming

c)

are attached to the sea floor (sessile)

d)

all of the choices

17.

Which stomach do starfish evert into an organism and release digestive enzymes for out-of body digestion?

a)

pyloric

b)

tube feet

c)

madreporite

d)

cardiac

18.

All of the following are true regarding reproduction in echinoderms except

a)

dioecious

b)

external fertilzation

c)

internal fertilization

d)

able to regenerate as long as small part of central disc remains intact

19.

Starfish Lack excretion and osmoregulation organs and use nephridia to move nitrogenous waste out of their systems.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

All of the following are true regarding the nervous system of echinoderms except

a)

contain a nerve net

b)

posess a nervous center in the form of a circumoral ring

c)

have a brain

d)

sensitive to changes in light and body orientation

21.

Process of asexual reproduction in which the central disc divides roughly in two and forms a complete animal by regeneration

a)

parthenogenesis

b)

hermaphroditism

c)

fissiparity

d)

binary fission

22.

Circulation and gas exchange in echinoderms is accomplished by all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

true gills

b)

coelom

c)

water vascular system

d)

hemal system

23.

The calcareous endoskeleton made of plates or ossicles with protruding spines is known as

a)

exoskeleton

b)

skin

c)

test

d)

mantle

24.

What group of animals is distinguished by two traits: a column of cartilaginous or bony structures that form along the dorsal sides of most species and a cranium?

a)

chordate

b)

verebrate

c)

protostome

d)

deuterostome

25.

Vertebrates have a well developed coelom including a pericardial cavity to hold the heart and a pleuroperitoneal cavity to hold what organs?

a)

lungs and abdominal muscles

b)

muscles

c)

integumentary organs

d)

nerve cords and brain